In a world with an intellectual history of seven thousand years behind it, where do Pakistanis stand, what are they doing, what do they aspire to be, and what ought they to be doing? This Blog takes Notes of all of that ...

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Exordium to "Pakistan’s Democratic Impasse – Analysis and the Way Forward"

After
so many stumbles through the 65 years of its existence, Pakistan has finally
come to be: a government of the criminals, by the criminals, for the criminals.

Exordium

First,
this treatise derives its rationale and insight from a reading of the
constitution of Pakistan which considers the fundamental rights and the
articles protecting these rights and freedoms as the core value of the
constitution, as the same has time and time again been vindicated by the
various judgments of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

Second,
this treatise looks beyond those articles and books, or that specific approach,
which analyze the democratic failure of Pakistan in a historical, sociological,
economic, or political perspective only or in a way combining them all, and
tries to see the history, sociology, economics and politics of Pakistan with an
eye focused on the scheme of things the constitution of the country put in
place to run the state of Pakistan.

Third,
this treatise tries to see the past, present and future role of politicians or
political parties and Pakistan Army through the lens of the constitution, and
thus its standpoint which is unprecedented and goes against the prevailing
wisdom of putting the responsibility for the failure of democratizing the society
of Pakistan wholly and solely on the shoulders of Pakistan Army, may seem
pleading the innocence of those Generals who imposed Martial Laws and
disfigured the constitution; however, this treatise in addition to castigating
the anti-constitutional acts of the Generals of the Pakistan Army holds that it
is the inherent inability of the political civilian governments which did not
prosecute and punish them, and in that sense vehemently censures that approach of
absolving the politicians totally as unconstitutional and derisive to the
constitutional manner of bringing order in a society.

The Blogger

The blogger cherishes a cosmopolitan spirit; he is a moralist; a rationalist; a philosopher; a political philosopher; he believes in Classical Liberalism, as a Theory of Conduct.
He has substantially contributed to the founding of the first free market think tank of Pakistan, Alternate Solutions Institute.
He is a writer who wrote / published dozens of articles on a variety of issues, and is author of 4 books.
He wrote / published short-stories in Punjabi, a regional language of Pakistan.
He composes poetry both in Urdu and Punjabi, and has already published one collection.